Tag: international students

December 3, 2019

The Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen has fewer new first-year students than previous years, continuing a trend started ...

Opportunities

German student and Alzheimers patient find friendship on a bicycle

November 26, 2019

Bertus Homminga and Gottfried Wiblishauser were connected through the Kameraad Foundation Translated by Thomas Ansell As reported in the Friesch ...

People

Multilocal 2.0: What we can learn from a TED speaker about being local in Groningen

October 31, 2019

‘Don’t ask me where I’m from, ask where I’m local,’ says Taiye Selasi in her TED talk in 2014. Growing ...

International students

RUG: international students should also be on university boards

October 1, 2019

International students are hardly represented on the student associations’ boards and councils despite constituting almost a quarter of the RUG ...

Culture

‘Usually museums are serious, but here it is fun and chill’: Groninger Museum Night 2019 roundup

September 10, 2019

Similar to the previous editions, tickets for the Groninger Museum Night 2019 were completely sold out. The Northern Times managed ...

International students

Home away from home: unexpected similarities between Dutch and international cultures

September 9, 2019

When international students first arrive in the Netherlands, right away they spot the differences: people cycle without helmets, eat sandwiches ...

News

110 new student rooms needed for Meppel in Drenthe

July 31, 2019

The Drents city is currently suffering from a shortage of student rooms, but various small projects are hoping to bridge ...

News

Rooms in relief housing to cost 7 euros a night

July 24, 2019

International students still seeking a room this autumn will be able to stay in one of 180 relief housing rooms ...

International students

Internationals try to pronounce some of the trickiest Dutch words

by Evi Kiorri

May 23, 2019